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LIMITS IN EVERYDAY MUNDANE LIFE
37 Organization to-day is sufficient evidence of the necessity and justification of laws and legal institutions. A world without rules, laws, legal institutions and punishments, in which Ahiṁsā is practised universally, is the ideal world we may aim at. It has not yet been realized. Thus, keeping the ideal of Ahimsā or nonviolence before us and ever striving towards it, the relative justification of law and legal institutions has to be recognized and accepted because of the hardness of men's hearts. While we should not lose ourselves in the pursuit of complete Ahiṁsā, it is the duty of every human being to strive perpetually to eliminate violence and grow towards the ideal. It may be argued that at times the spirit of love actually demands resistance to to evil. If human welfare is the supreme good, peace and war are good only in so far as they minister to it. The fearless and impartial administration of justice must be considered as the noblest contribution of the world's jurists in shaping the judicial system of the modern world.
The primary duty of every civilized government is to maintain law and order. In the absence of law and order it is likely that the stronger would oppress and persecute the weaker sections of society, and this would lead to chaos and disorder in society. Jurists have developed the institution of law and judicial administration as a necessary organ of civilized society for the protection of peace-loving citizens and the effective control of anti-social elements. Laws and rules are the outgrowth of man's experience with life, and they respect the right of men and women to lead
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